Light In The Dark

Low light

Same scars

Soft heart

Steel bars

Low light Still here

I don’t run I disappear

I feel the room shift before anybody speaks I hear the truth

hiding underneath the peace I laugh like I’m fine,

keep the storm on mute But I know when a smile got

a lie in the roots I been called too much,

so I learned to shrink Now I say “I’m good” when I

need to think Soft side buried under old alarms I don’t trust

warm hands till I check for harm I don’t need perfect,

I need something real Don’t say you care if you don’t know

how to feel I been second place in a room full of

firsts Still giving out love like it don’t ever hurt Don’t pull

me close Just to leave me guessing Don’t call it love If

it feels like testing I don’t want loud I just want steady

Heavy heart But I keep it ready

I got a porch light burning in the dark Soft little flame

in a guarded heart If you come close,

don’t come halfway I don’t need ghosts learning my name

I got a porch light burning in the dark

Love me real

or leave no mark

I look okay, but I fall apart Still got a porch

light burning in the dark Burning,

burning

In the dark

Soft heart

Steel bars Burning, burning

In the dark

Love me real

Or leave no mark

I can be quiet,

but my mind stays loud I see every shift when the tone

drops down I don’t chase drama,

I just chase proof Words turn pretty when they hide the truth

I been the strong one,

calm one too The “don’t worry,

I got it” in a crowded room But who holds me when

the floor gets thin?

Who stays when I don’t know how to let them in?

I want home-feel, not a temporary high Not a soft little promise

with a trap inside I want arms that don’t turn into doors

I want peace that don’t make me beg anymore Don’t pull me

close

Just to leave me guessing Don’t call it love If it feels

like testing I don’t want loud I just want steady Heavy heart

But I keep it ready

I got a porch light burning

in the dark Soft little flame in a guarded heart If you

come close, don’t come halfway I don’t need ghosts learning my name

I got a porch light burning in the dark Love me

real or leave no mark I

look okay, but I fall apart Still got a porch light burning

in the dark If I go cold I’m hiding fear If I

get quiet I’m still right here If I ask twice Don’t disappear

I just need proof That you’re sincere If I seem guarded Don’t

make it worse I wasn’t born stone I was taught hurt If

you want my heart Move slow,

move true I don’t need perfect I need you Low light

Same scars

Soft heart

Steel bars

Burning, burning

In the dark

Love me real

Or leave no mark